Facts About El Alamein War Cemetery
The Alamein cemeteries are the cemeteries where Allied and Axis soldiers have been buried since World War II in New El Alamein on the north coast of Egypt. the memorial commemorates the 11,866 members of the Commonwealth forces who died during the Second World War.
When designing the monument, Worthington followed similar principles to World War I memorials, but made adjustments due to the climate and ecology of Africa. This included building tall walls to block drifting sand, providing shelters from the sun, and planting succulents, including cacti instead of the plants more common in Europe.
Visitors can visit the Italian and German military cemetery in the Tel Issa area outside the city of El Alamein. The German cemetery contains the remains of 4,200 German soldiers and was built in the style of medieval castles. While the Italian cemetery looks like a museum of graves, and whenever possible every tombstone bears the name of the soldier, but many have on it the word unknown in Italian "IGNOTO" - or unknown soldier.
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